Jimmy Martin

Song Jimmy Martin
Artist Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Album Speed Of Life

Lyrics

Well they call me
Jimmy Martin
And they say that
I can sing
Of them lonesome broken hearted
Boys of Bluegrass
I'm the King
I was born up in the mountains,
I was raised in poverty
Made a guitar out of nothing but a cigar box and strings
Took a bus across to
Nashville and that's where
I was employed
Pickin' guitar and singing tenor
With Bill
Monroe and his
Bluegrass
Boys Yea they call me
Jimmy Martin
And they say that
I can sing
Of them lonesome broken hearted
Boys of Bluegrass
I'm the King
Back in 1959, with the
Sunny Mountain
Boys On that
Louisiana
Hayride, you never heard such wondrous noise
We tore it up at the
Grand Ole
Opry "Walkin' Shoes" and "Free Born Man"
But the circle is still broken
My greatest dream slipped through my hands
Well they call me
Jimmy Martin
And they say that
I can sing
Of them lonesome broken hearted
Boys of Bluegrass
I'm the King
Of them lonesome broken hearted
Boys of Bluegrass
I'm the King